Hellboy: Weird Tales is a non-canonical comic book series published during the making of the first Hellboy movie. Mike Mignola had been very active during the production of the film and did not have time to work on new Hellboy comics. Hellboy: Weird Tales was a way to have new Hellboy material on shelves during both the lead up to and then the film's release.
The series ran for eight issues from February 2003 to April 2004, published on a bi-monthly basis. Each issue features multiple short stories from different creative teams.
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Issues[edit | edit source]
Collected Editions[edit | edit source]
The series has been collected in two trade paperbacks and a single hardcover omnibus.
Trade Paperback Collections[edit | edit source]
Each of the two trade paperbacks collect four sequential individual Hellboy: Weird Tales issues.
Volume | Title | Date Published | Cover | Material Collected |
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1 | Hellboy Weird Tales: Volume 1 | December 17, 2003 | MIKE MIGNOLA | Hellboy Weird Tales #1–4 |
2 | Hellboy Weird Tales: Volume 2 | October 27, 2004 | MIKE MIGNOLA | Hellboy Weird Tales #5–8 |
Hardcover Omnibus Collection[edit | edit source]
In addition to collecing Hellboy: Weird Tales #1–8, the Hellboy: Weird Tales omnibus also features two canonical stories How Koshchei Became Deathless and Baba Yaga's Feast. The eight-episode story Doc Hollow's Grand Vibro-Destructo Machine was retitled "Lobster Johnson: Action Detective Adventure" for this collection.
Title | Date Published | Cover | Material Collected | Additional Material |
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Hellboy: Weird Tales | November 26, 2014 | MIKE MIGNOLA |
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Forward by Scott Allie |
External Links[edit | edit source]
- Hellboy: Weird Tales #1 product page on DarkHorse.com
- Hellboy: Weird Tales #2 product page on DarkHorse.com
- Hellboy: Weird Tales #3 product page on DarkHorse.com
- Hellboy: Weird Tales #4 product page on DarkHorse.com
- Hellboy: Weird Tales #5 product page on DarkHorse.com
- Hellboy: Weird Tales #6 product page on DarkHorse.com
- Hellboy: Weird Tales #7 product page on DarkHorse.com
- Hellboy: Weird Tales #8 product page on DarkHorse.com
- Hellboy: Weird Tales Volume 1 product page on DarkHorse.com
- Hellboy: Weird Tales Volume 2 product page on DarkHorse.com
- Hellboy: Weird Tales Omnibus product page on DarkHorse.com